AIR FORCE FIRST LOOK: ARMY

The Air Force Falcons host rival Army on Saturday. Here is your first look at the Black Knights.

SEASON SO FAR (6-2, IND)

Date Opponent Score
09/01/2017 Fordham W 64-6
09/09/2017 Buffalo W 21-17
09/16/2017 at Ohio St. L 7-38
09/23/2017 at Tulane L 17-21
09/30/2017 UTEP W 35-21
10/07/2017 at Rice W 49-12
10/14/2017 Eastern Mich. W 28-27
10/21/2017 Temple W 31-28 (1OT)

STAT COMPARISON

ARMY OFF PPG 31.5 38.3 AFA OFF PPG
ARMY DEF PPG 21.3 32.6 AFA DEF PPG
ARMY TOTAL OFF 395.4 463.3 AFA TOTAL OFF
ARMY PASSING OFF 33.3 112.9 AFA PASSING OFF
ARMY RUSHING OFF 362.1 350.4 AFA RUSHING OFF
ARMY TOTAL DEF 379.8 394.6 AFA TOTAL DEF
ARMY PASSING DEF 203.3 162.8 AFA PASSING DEF
ARMY RUSHING DEF 176.5 231.9 AFA RUSHING DEF
ARMY TO MARGIN 0.38 -0.63 AFA TO MARGIN
ARMY MASSEY COMP& 64 74 AFA MASSEY COMP

& The Massey Composite

Ratings are compiled from 98 different college football ratings and rankings.

INJURIES AND SUSPENSIONS

10/18/17 DL Andrew McLean Knee is out for season
10/11/17 DB Elijah Riley Academics out indefinitely
09/17/17 DB Jalen Sharp ACL out for season
09/17/17 DB Rhyan England Knee out indefinitely
09/09/17 DB Marcus Hyatt Medical out indefinitely
08/26/17 OL Mike Johnson ACL out for season
08/24/17 LB Amadeo West Knee out for season

Source: donbest.com

CHALLENGES

Gone are the days of counting Army as an easy win. Head coach Jeff Monken has the Black Knights competing and, more importantly, winning. Monken has recruited and developed players who are bigger, stronger and faster than past Black Knight squads. While Army isn’t much of a force through the air, Black Knights quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw has rushed for 867 yards on 119 carries for seven TDs. Three other players have run for 350 yards or more. Defensively, veteran linebacker Alex Aukerman has 38 tackles including 10 1/2 tackles for losses and five sacks. This Army-Air Force matchup promises to be a see-saw battle that goes down to the wire.

Saturday’s game kicks off at 1:30 pm MT and can be seen on the CBS Sports Network.